Woodmont Ass'n v. Town of Milford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application to the Hon. Luden F. Burpee, a judge of the Superior Court, to fix and determine the amount of money that the defendant shall pay to the plaintiff for making and repairing highways, and for maintaining other public works, within the territory of the plaintiff during the year beginning September 1st, 1911, brought pursuant to § 36 of the applicant’s charter (14 Special Laws, p. 464); the defendant’s motion to dismiss the application was granted, and judgment…
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Application to the Hon. Luden F. Burpee, a judge of the Superior Court, to fix and determine the amount of money that the defendant shall pay to the plaintiff for making and repairing highways, and for maintaining other public works, within the territory of the plaintiff during the year beginning September 1st, 1911, brought pursuant to § 36 of the applicant’s charter (14 Special Laws, p. 464); the defendant’s motion to dismiss the application was granted, and judgment rendered dismissing it, and the plaintiff appealed. The section of the charter referred to reads as follows: “Sec. 36. It…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
This application was brought under the assumed authority of § 36 of the applicant’s charter. 14 Special Laws, p. 464. It was dismissed upon motion upon three jurisdictional grounds, to wit: (1) that said section had been repealed, (2) that its allegations did not show that the prescribed conditions precedent to its presentation existed, and (3) that it did not present a question of judicial cognizance.
The claim of repeal rests upon the enactment in 1911 of an Act creating a department of finance in the town of Milford. 16 Special Laws (1911), p. 91. This Act contains no express repeal of the…
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